Originally published on Money Magazine on Friday 17 September 2021 Licia Heath is passionate about encouraging more women to participate in politics. As CEO of WOMEN FOR ELECTION, a non-partisan group committed to increasing the number of women in public office, she works inspire and equip them with the skills to run. Heath has…
Quotas have been shown to work, where targets on their own have failed. They’re clearly a big part of the solution. But we have an urgent problem facing the Australian Parliament – it’s about the safety and wellbeing of female MPs and staffers in Parliament today. We need urgent reforms and safeguards to ensure no…
Licia Heath, CEO of Women for Election talked with Thomas (Tom) Oriti on the ABC News Radio Breakfast show in. response to Kate Jenkins report. Listen to the response now: Listen to more radio interviews from our media section. Share this radio:
Again there are widespread calls for gender equality in government. Around Australia organisations are paving the pathways for women to get elected Sally Dillon Sun 22 Nov 2020 06.00 AEDT The feminist and writer Jane Caro was adamant. A Q&A audience member, Sophie, was pondering a pathway to politics but declared some hesitation because of “misogynistic comments…
Our CEO Licia Heath recently spoke with Virginia Haussegger for her Broad Talk podcast. With only 31 per cent of federal MP’s female, Australia ranks a poor 50th in the world for women in parliament. In 120 years, Australia has had just one female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.But while the impact of women’s absence…
Originally published on Women’s Agenda on Tuesday 25 May 2021 High on the first page of the Federal Women’s Budget, a crucial statement reads: “Women in visible positions of leadership are vital as role models to bring about cultural change, and to ensure respect for women in the workplace.” After three weeks touring regional NSW…